plural
Portuguese, noun/pluˈɾaw/
plural is spelled P-L-U-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plural is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “plural (word referring to multiple things)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “número gramatical que indica mais de um indivíduo ou objeto”.
What does plural mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineplural (consisting of more than one things)
noun
- 1
masculineplural (word referring to multiple things)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. composto por vários elementos 2. referente ao número gramatical que indica mais de um indivíduo ou objeto 3. referente ao número gramatical que indica mais de dois indivíduos ou objetos (em idiomas que possuem o número gramatical dual)
noun: 1. número gramatical que indica mais de um indivíduo ou objeto 2. flexão gramatical de número que indica mais de dois indivíduos ou objetos (em idiomas que possuem o número gramatical dual) 3. palavra marcada com a desinência de plural^(1,2)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plural
- plurais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plural?
- Brazil /pluˈɾaw/
- Brazil [pluˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pluˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plural
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plural in Portuguese?
plural appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).